- June 16, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that New York state is ending all Covid-19 restrictions across commercial and social settings. Once a hotspot for the virus, New York has reached its 70 per cent vaccination rate for adults across the state, Cuomo said. New York has administered more than 20.2m vaccine doses to date, “more per capita than any other big state” in the US, he said.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reclassified the Delta strain of Covid-19 as a variant of concern, saying it is more transmissible. The Delta variant, which was first detected in India, has spread to at least 66 countries, the CDC said. The Delta variant ravaged India earlier this year, sending the country’s case rates to record highs.
US deaths attributed to Covid-19 have surpassed 600,000 four months after reaching half a million, reflecting a sharp slowdown in new infections and hospitalisations from the virus. Data compiled by Johns Hopkins…
